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Describes the society in South India where priests and lay people claim supernatural powers and seek physical longevity and psychic immortality, and where arcane and sexual rituals take place. This study offers a vivid picture of their religious beliefs, magical rites and alchemical practices.
Siddha Quest for Immortality
Sexual, Alchemical & Medical Secrets of the Tamil Siddhas, the Poets of the Powers
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190 pages
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3 April 2022
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Summary
In South India there is a society where priests and lay people claim supernatural powers. Where a sophisticated medical system underlies a quest for physical longevity and psychic immortality and where arcane and sexual rituals take place that are far removed from the Brahmanic tradition of the rest of India. That society is the Tamil Siddhas. Here expert Kamil Zvelebil offers a vivid picture of these people: religious beliefs, magical rites, alchemical practices, complex system of medicine, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869928438 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869928431 |
| Author: | Professor Kamil V. Zvelebil, Kamil V. Zvelebil |
| Publisher: | Mandrake of Oxford |
| Imprint: | Mandrake of Oxford |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 190 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 146mm x 219mm x 224mm |
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